Faults:

Many things went wrong during the 11 years and 200,000+ km I have driven it. But all minor. The most expensive things were the rear suspension, which broke twice, 5 years ago the compressor for this pneumatic suspension broke, and now the pillows of this suspension went too old and do not hold the air. Front suspension on the right side broke about 6 months ago and needed to be fixed. But I think it is OK for a 15-year old car which has run over 300,000 km.

General Comments:

I love this car. Simply it is the best possible car for me. Very pleasurable to drive and to ride in. Powerful enough (I have optimized it for 240 hp when I bought it via BSR), very economical - average on my odometer is 6.3 l/100km and I am almost always overspeeding. When driving normal 80-90 km/h it takes 5.0 l/100km. Which is excellent for such big and powerful car.

It is very spacious - it help us so much in our long driving trips with two kids, a dog and a cat. And again, it is really joy to ride in it - comfortable, sensitive, powerful, quiet, smooth.

I am now thinking to change it, but just because it requires quite some investment - rare suspension still needs to be fixed, some motor valves need to be replaced (it started to lose power), new winter tires are needed, oil needs to be changed in the transmission - albeit they say it is life-long, mechanics told me it is better to change after these many miles. Altogether maybe a 5,000$ investment needed.

One important thing - this car never let me down on a road during all the 200,000 km I have been driving it.

Faults:

The CCC works intermittently, so when it doesn't work, no radio or infotainment system. Didn't really buy the car for the infotainment system. Bought it because it was fast.

Transmission servo motor needs replaced.

Has died on me while driving.

General Comments:

I love this car. It's super fast and it only had 120000 when I got it, which is kind of a new car for me. I bought it from the dealer for 5000 cash. It drove pretty good for first 6 months, then got some faults; cleared em and kept driving.

I drive like 29 miles round trip to work and the freeway near Cleveland gets clogged (not so much during the pandemic, but before). This car has no problem going above 100 and handling is good for how heavy it is. I want to install coil overs all around and freshen up the front suspension, and maybe a new fuel pump.

Faults:

One spark coil at about 75,000 KM.

Water pump at 84,000 KM.

Front thrust arm bushings at 86,000.

Battery replacement at 7 years.

General Comments:

This car was fun to drive. It handled great and it was extremely comfortable on long drives. The acceleration was great, and when the turbos kicked in it just put a big smile on your face. It had a fantastic stereo and made it so I can never drive a car without a heads up display. The all wheel drive made handling in the snow easy. I found the car very reliable, well equipped, and even 11 years later most of the tech still stands up and doesn't feel dated.

The only complaint I really have about the car is I didn't drive it enough. Most of the repairs came from the car being immobile for long periods of time, and hoses or rubber bits would dry out and get brittle. I am replacing it with a Tesla.